Vodafone SS 08 User Manual
Page 15
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TU Dresden, 4/29/2008
Slide 15
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Floating vs. Fixed point processors
Applications which require:
High precision
Wide dynamic range
High signal-to-noise ratio
Ease of use
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Need a floating point processor
Drawback of floating point processors:
Higher power consumption
Usually higher cost
Usually slower than fixed-point counterparts and
larger in size
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